WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., claimed the three Potomac primaries, sweeping past Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in the delegate count.
Obama's wins Tuesday in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia gave him 1,215 delegates to Clinton's 1,190 heading into the next round of Democratic primaries in Washington and Wisconsin and caucuses in Hawaii next week, CNN reported.